Tari, I have had HORROR stories with American and shipping dogs for sure.I have to say flying Little Richard to North Carolina to accept the Hero Award for his Dad was nothing less than a DREAM on Delta. He was given TOP priority all the way........Mo > I am sorry that this person had a bad experience. I just recently,less > than 1 month ago, shipped a dog from Pittsburgh to Denver. Absolutely No > Problem at all with Delta. I called the Pet First line, got right thru, > got a wonderfully nice person, and all the arrangements were made and done > correctly within 5 min. The dog went thru Atlanta, in the 400 size crate, > and arrived within 20 min. of the arrival time. > We are losing are airlines for shipping dogs. Delta has been nothing but > the best for me and I have shipped with them on 4 different dogs now. I > am sorry this person's pup didn't have a good flight, but sometimes we > need to hear the good things...along with the bad. Cross post this!!! > > Tari Kridler ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================